Hi Connie, Good to read your blog again. Glad you are feeling better. The baby quilt is so pretty and congratulations on a new niece arriving! My favorite size quilts to make are baby quilts or lap quilts! Have a good day! Nancy

Hi Nancy, It feels great to be back among the living , LOL. I'm so happy that you like the quilt. I used those same embroidery designs on a quilt that I made for one of our granddaughters, I think the little girls are so adorable and have a vintage look to them. I love my little 14 inch lap hoop, it makes it nice to be able to quilt at night while watching TV with Steve :)

Connie, that is the cutest, sweetest baby quilt I have ever seen! I'm sorry you were sick. I didn't know until reading your blog today. With lots of company during Christmas, I got behind with everything! Glad things have settled down. Hope you are feeling good now!

Hi Henny, I am delighted that you like the baby quilt, it was fun to work on. This cold/flu bug that I have just keeps bouncing back and forth on me. One day I'm feeling better and the next I'm couching my head off. Steve has it too, and I feel so bad . . . it was not something I wanted to share with him :)

What a wonderful gift! I just purchased a large piece of quilt batting for $1.00 at Walmart on clearance. I don't quilt but knew someone could use it. If you get an oddly shaped pkg in the mail, it's from me :)

What an adorable quilt Connie! I'm sure this will become a precious keepsake for your great niece. The embroidery is so pretty and I love the fabrics and colors you chose to use. I hope 2016 is trating you well so far!

Hi Vicky, I'm happy that you like this little quilt, baby quilts are so much fun to make. I was just at your blog and I'm looking so forward to tagging around Prague with you. Sounds like you had a great trip :)

Oh sweet friend, I did not know you have been sick so glad you are on the mend...Can't keep a good girl down! How lucky is that baby to get your precious quilt, adorable. I have never done quilting, you have become an expert at it! Happy New Year Connie!

Hi Carol, hardly an expert, but a novice learning a little more with each quilt I make and having fun doing it :)This one was specially fun . . . imagining the sweet little bundle of joy and new member of the family that will be warmed by it.

Hello Connie, My daughter and I were discussing making a queen size quilt today for my grandson. When you quilt on your big quilt frame do you have to pin or bast before you start or do you just smooth it on there??? Hope your enjoying these winter days! Nancy

Nancy, I do all three and it depends on my mood and the quilt. The way this frame is designed you really only have to stretch the sides tautly and that is enough. I have a type A personality and sometimes tend to over prepare :) I've been working on that for years and on somethings I can just let go and sometimes not. The quilt that I am working on right now is a version of a crazy quilt and it is a break the rules, have fun thing, that is fun and also driving me a little bit crazy at the same time. Maybe that is why they call them crazy quilts, LOL.

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Hi, my name is Connie and I’m so pleased that you’ve found my blog. I'm a woman of simple pleasures. Like John Denver, "Sunshine makes me happy!" and other things that make me happy are my husband of 41 years, my lovely daughter and my two delightful granddaughters. I have a passion for life and all things creative. Three years ago we purchased a small country home on an acre of land, which for us is huge. Every day brings with it a new adventure. The fixing up, of our little fixer-upper and the mowing of that huge yard is going to give me the exercise and creative projects that I need to stay forever young. I am enjoying my journey, life is good!

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